Wow Gil ... now I have to decide whether to make a very large cocktail, or a big bowl of popcorn to settle in for this visual and audio treat!?!?
Gil, thoroughly enjoyed both videos. Hats off to Simone for some great camera work. I visited Randy Calhoun 15-20 years ago...got to see his prototype first hand, though we did not run it like you guys did. Listening to him recount his experiences with the prototype 51 were great....learned new things like his suggestion that one just cracks inlet water line valve vs. opening full bore...I will try that.
Interesting mods he made to the Jensen 15 generators to improve the grounding of the shafts...I like those little copper tabs! No one will ever match the 8000+ hours on that machine...I'm trying, but have only accumulated 426 hours in 16 years...I will never catch up!!
Thanks for these videos.
Rog
I have an old flier around here some where that has the 51 on the cover and the price back then.
The picture pales in comparison to the your video. Excuse me, Simone's video. Thanks for posting.
Wonderful videos, amazing steam plant, every steamer should have one.
That boiler is amazing. What is its capacity? I love those in boiler
cartridge heaters like in the Jensen 25 and Weeden National Playthings
engines.
I do have a question regarding the water ram/pump and the reservoir
setup. Your reservoir looks realistic enough but I'm wondering whether
the height improves the action of the ram/pump. I have a Doll that will
pump ok from a low reservoir if I slowly turn it over by hand. Running it
at speed I get nada. I will try raising the reservoir and steaming at a
slower speed as is advised in the video. I have hopes. I added a video
link to a quick run so you can see exactly the Doll ram/pump setup.
https://youtu.be/zeGtUJvW-AwThanks for the great video,
Wayne
WHOA Gil
I can well sense the incredible honor that you feel for the trust that Randy has put in you and Bill to be custodians of "The ORIGINAL"!
You, of course, know why I can sense that honor which you now feel, simply because you and Bill have so honored me, and believe me, I NEVER forget that!!
Great videos of a great meet-up. So glad to have been able to be a fly on the wall ... Thank You Simone!!!
Wow Gil ... now I have to decide whether to make a very large cocktail, or a big bowl of popcorn to settle in for this visual and audio treat!?!?
No reason you couldn't have both!
Gil, thoroughly enjoyed both videos. Hats off to Simone for some great camera work. I visited Randy Calhoun 15-20 years ago...got to see his prototype first hand, though we did not run it like you guys did. Listening to him recount his experiences with the prototype 51 were great....learned new things like his suggestion that one just cracks inlet water line valve vs. opening full bore...I will try that.
Interesting mods he made to the Jensen 15 generators to improve the grounding of the shafts...I like those little copper tabs! No one will ever match the 8000+ hours on that machine...I'm trying, but have only accumulated 426 hours in 16 years...I will never catch up!!
Thanks for these videos.
Rog
Thanks, Rog. Yes, Simone did it again!
You are way ahead of me on run time hours. I have only added about 36 hours to the #51 I have had since 2007.
I have an old flier around here some where that has the 51 on the cover and the price back then.
The picture pales in comparison to the your video. Excuse me, Simone's video. Thanks for posting.
Glad you like it, Tommy!
You are correct.... the flier picture didn't do it justice.
Wonderful videos, amazing steam plant, every steamer should have one.
That boiler is amazing. What is its capacity? I love those in boiler
cartridge heaters like in the Jensen 25 and Weeden National Playthings
engines.
I do have a question regarding the water ram/pump and the reservoir
setup. Your reservoir looks realistic enough but I'm wondering whether
the height improves the action of the ram/pump. I have a Doll that will
pump ok from a low reservoir if I slowly turn it over by hand. Running it
at speed I get nada. I will try raising the reservoir and steaming at a
slower speed as is advised in the video. I have hopes. I added a video
link to a quick run so you can see exactly the Doll ram/pump setup.
https://youtu.be/zeGtUJvW-Aw
Thanks for the great video,
Wayne
Hi Wayne, thank you for the kind words. The Jensen water pump works as well with the reservoir level with it or even below it.
Having it higher just makes the pump easier to prime.
That is a nice Doll you have and I believe the pump should work as well as the Jensen pump.
Perhaps it just needs a little service?
WHOA Gil
I can well sense the incredible honor that you feel for the trust that Randy has put in you and Bill to be custodians of "The ORIGINAL"!
You, of course, know why I can sense that honor which you now feel, simply because you and Bill have so honored me, and believe me, I NEVER forget that!!
Great videos of a great meet-up. So glad to have been able to be a fly on the wall ... Thank You Simone!!!
Thanks, Daniel! Simone shot just 7 film clips, all of them fairly long.
After merging them all in order in the film editor, I cut out 27 pieces and sent them to the cutting room floor.
She made my work fairly easy in that I only removed a relatively small amount of total time.... less than 2 minutes!
Most of the editing was isolating anywhere from a fraction of a second to 5 seconds to cut out. I was able to make it fairly seamless this way. The hardest part was getting rid of 2/3 of the dog barks by taking out a small enough amount of time that you don't notice it much.
Amazing video and story, Thank You!
The Jensen company has a great history and it's fascinating to see some of it documented.
That is a great model for sure & it's wonderful to have the actual builder describing it & how it operates. thanks Simone & Gil for making a video of this for future posterity.